At a Glance The Numbers
The bottom line: A person using only a keyboard — the way many people with motor disabilities or blindness navigate — cannot complete a single meaningful task on laradon.org. Not donating. Not finding services. Not applying for a job. Not buying event tickets. The site is approximately 25% compliant with the standard all three converging laws require.
12 pages audited across multiple independent reviews. 23 pre-seeded issues were cross-verified, 20 new ones discovered. After deduplication: 43 unique findings. Three out of four applicable WCAG 2.2 AA success criteria are not met. See the complete master table for every finding mapped to its WCAG criterion, severity, and source.
Journeys Four Critical Tasks — All Fail
The four most important things someone does on laradon.org were tested with keyboard-only navigation. All four failed.
Donate
FAIL
No skip link, FastAction modals trap keyboard, invisible focus
~40 tab stops to reach content
Find Services
FAIL
Hover-only dropdown menus, no search, contact buried
~35 tab stops to reach content
Apply for Job
FAIL
Cookie banner traps focus, form lacks labels
~25 tab stops to reach content
Buy Tickets
FAIL
Calendar requires mouse, timer can't pause
~30 tab stops to reach content
Method How We Got to 43
Cross-verification: 23 pre-seeded issues checked by two independent audit tools — 17 confirmed, 3 likely, 2 untestable, 1 unverified. Then 20 new issues discovered across three audits. After deduplication: 43 unique findings.
Pages audited: Homepage, Donations, Foundation, Ways to Give, Contact, School, Adult Day, Careers, Events, Volunteer, Blog, FAQs.
Top 10 The Most Urgent Findings
1
No accessibility statement Critical
The
/about/ page has ADA/Title VI content but it only covers transportation. No feedback channel exists. A hidden page at
/careers-2/ mentions accessibility but is not linked.
2
Lorem ipsum on the homepage Critical
Latin placeholder text in the Events section — Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet… visible to every visitor.
3
No skip-to-content link Critical
Users must tab through 100+ header links on every page. Duplicate nav DOM (mobile + desktop both rendered) doubles the count.
4
Hover-only dropdown menus Critical
Submenus open on :hover only. No Enter/Space handler, no aria-expanded, no aria-haspopup. Keyboard users cannot access sub-pages at all.
5
4 broken contact links Critical
CEO email empty mailto:; Foundation email empty; McCloud → wrong person (Schmidt); Keenan White → mailtokeenan.white@ appends to URL → 404.
6
Focus indicators overridden Critical
Custom CSS replaces default browser focus styles with invisible outlines. Tabbing through the page shows no visible indicator of position.
7
Duplicate nav DOM Critical
Both mobile and desktop navigation are rendered in the DOM. The hidden menu lacks aria-hidden="true", so screen readers announce all links twice.
8
Countdown timer, no pause Major
Rapidly changing digits on donation pages. No pause button, no prefers-reduced-motion check.
9
EveryAction donation form inaccessible High Risk
Embedded in an <iframe> that neither audit tool could inspect. FastAction loads repeated modals; errors not announced to screen readers. No public VPAT found.
10
Accessibility overlay present Major
Blue wheelchair icon on all pages.
Overlays are litigation targets; they don't fix underlying issues and may interfere with assistive technology. FTC has penalized overlay vendors.
See All 43 Findings for the complete master table including all 23 pre-seeded issues and 20 newly discovered issues.
Contrast Color Contrast Spot-Check
The interactive audit performed spot-checks on key elements. A full contrast sweep was planned but was not completed — professional follow-up testing recommended.
| Element | Foreground | Background | Ratio | AA (4.5:1)? |
|---|
| Hero banner body text | #FFFFFF | #2C2E39 | ~5.5:1 | ✓ Pass |
| "Donate Now" button | #000000 | #B7E4A0 | ~4.0:1 | Borderline — may fail small text |
| Nav links (blue on green) | #002399 | #4BB34A | ~3.4:1 | ✗ FAILS AA |
| Footer links | #B2B3B8 | #191932 | ~5.0:1 | ✓ Pass |
| Social icon glyphs | #FFFFFF | #7A1F3D | ~5.0:1 | ✓ Pass |
The navigation link failure is site-wide — blue text on green background at 3.4:1 affects every page, every user with low vision. This is a WCAG 1.4.3 violation.
Platform Technical Stack
Understanding the tech stack explains why many of these issues exist:
| Component | Detail | Accessibility Impact |
|---|
| CMS | WordPress | Accessible core, but heavily dependent on theme/builder |
| Page Builder | Elementor | Known heading/landmark issues; generates complex DOM; limited keyboard support in widgets |
| Developer | Point A Solutions (Denver) | No accessibility mention on their site. Same Elementor bugs on their own homepage. Shipped lorem ipsum to production. |
| Donations | EveryAction (Bonterra) — iframe embed | No public VPAT for donation forms. Bonterra claims WCAG 2.0 AA for Apricot (wrong product). |
| Planned Giving | FreeWill | ✓ 4 VPATs, a11y statement — model vendor. But linked via HTTP not HTTPS. |
| Jobs | ApplyToJob | Cookie banner traps focus; no VPAT found |
Gaps What We Couldn't Test
One supplemental audit was assigned 10 follow-up tasks but did not complete its WCAG audit. Eight of ten planned gap-fills remain unaddressed. These gaps must be covered in professional testing.
- Full contrast sweep — only spot-checks available; need comprehensive page-by-page measurement
- PDF internal accessibility — 7 PDFs (including ADA/Title VI plan) remain untested; the plan PDF returns a 403 error
prefers-reduced-motion — not verified whether any CSS respects this media query- Disability-persona journey testing — no testing with actual AT users (screen reader, switch, voice control)
- Quantitative compliance scoring — only the interactive audit’s ~25% estimate; need formal scoring against all WCAG 2.2 AA criteria
- EdTech accessibility — blog mentions iPads + AAC devices (Classroom Eight's Story); no vendor VPATs collected
- Auto-play media detection — untested across all pages
- No site search — users with memory or learning disabilities rely on search as primary navigation (WCAG 2.4.5); its absence forces reliance on the complex, hover-only menu hierarchy
Vendor Claim Contradiction
One supplemental audit stated that the EveryAction/FastAction donation portal "ensures a secure and accessible streamlined payment process." This directly contradicts interactive testing, which documented repeated modals, unannounced errors, and keyboard traps. The live browsing test is authoritative — marketing claims do not equal accessibility.